Theatre, Opera, and Audiences in Revolutionary Paris

EMMET KENNEDY is Professor of European History at the George Washington University./ee is author of A Cultural History of the French Revolution, A Philosophe in the Age of Revolution: Destutt de Tracy and the Origins of 'Ideology', and coeditor of The Shaping of Modern France: Writings on French History Since 1715.MARIE-LAURENCE NETTER is researcher at the Centre de Recherches Historiques, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. In addition to numerous articles on education, theatre, and the French Revolution, she is author of La Révolution francaise n'est pas terminée.JAMES P. McGREGOR is senior policy officer at the Office of Policy, United States Information Agency. He is author of numerous articles on Eastern Europe, Slavic studies, and political science.MARK V. OLSEN is assistant director of the ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago. He is author of numerous articles on French history and computer science.

• PrefaceHistory of the Problem and the Method of Solving It by Emmet KennedyThe Authors by Marie-Laurence NetterThe Most Performed Plays of the Decade by Emmet KennedyThe Great Successes of Each Year by Marie-Laurence NetterOld Regime Tragedy and the Terror by Emmet KennedyThe Most Performed Genres and Their Evolution by Marie-Laurence NetterTheatres and Their Directors by Marie-Laurence NetterHigh Culture and Popular Culture: Paris Theatre Audiences, the Critics, and the Police by Emmet KennedyConclusion by Emmet Kennedy and Marie-Laurence NetterRepertory of French Revolutionary TheatreRepertory of Anonymous or Unattributed PlaysIndex of Titles and AuthorsIndex of Composers and AuthorsStatistical Overview and TablesReferences